IAPSM’s Position Paper on Typhoid Vaccines for Adult Immunization in India by Kapil Goel, Madhur Verma, Nikita Sharma, Swayam Pragyan Parida, Anu Bhardwaj, Anuradha Nadda, Sahil Sharma, Arunima Sen, Jacob John, Adarsh Bansal, Madhu Gupta

“…The economic burden of the disease is catastrophic and affects both families and the government making a strong case for including typhoid vaccines in the national immunization schedule. The World Health Organization has prequalified several vaccines and has recommended their use in endemic areas. …”
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Socio-economic transformations in the Baltic countries by Natalia V. Govorova

“…The economic and political spaces of the Baltic states, against the background of high inflation and close to stagnation GDP growth rates, nevertheless demonstrated different results in terms of certain socio-economic parameters, which is largely due to the difference in the provision of their own energy resources and measures taken at the national level to mitigate the crisis phenomena. …”
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Public Health Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability and Health Behaviors in South Africa: Past, Current, and Future Implications (2020–2022) by Handan Wand, Jayajothi Moodley, Tarylee Reddy, Sarita Naidoo

“…In this cross-sectional study, we used the combined data from the nationally conducted “COVID-19 Vaccine Surveys (CVACS)” (May 2020–February/March 2022). …”
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Association between the exposure to brominated flame retardants and psoriasis risk among U.S. adults: A population-based study by Jingbo Zhang, Xiangyun Shi, Genlong Bai, Jin Chen, Yidian Fu, Aijun Chen

“…Based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2006 and 2009–2014, this analysis was conducted among 6340 adults. …”
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Cultural Education for Sustaining Nusantara Religion Within Boti Indigenous Community by Octalyna Puspa Wardany, Al Makin, Samsul Maarif

“…This research used decolonization as the perspective method in order to understand Boti’s Nusantara religion as well as their customs in detail and holistic including the concept and the core, so enable to do the comprehensive analyzing using proper theories of education; education and culture theories from Ki Hajar Dewantara, the Indonesia National Education Notable; Tukan and Hasfaria’s theory about Adat (Indonesia: custom); Roem Topatimasang’s theory about school; and Mori’s theory about learning method. …”
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New insights into the mechanism of triphenyl phosphate and its metabolite diphenyl phosphate in diabetic kidney disease by Ting Fang, Qiaoyan Liu, Xinxin Huangfu, Hongkai Zhu, Hongwen Sun, Liming Chen

“…The research examined the relationship between urinary DPHP levels and kidney function in American adults using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2017 to March 2020. …”
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Developing the Chinese version of the Index of Sojourner Social Support: the roles of socio-emotional and instrumental support in internal migrant university students by Hanzhi Fu

“…IntroductionThis study aims to validate the Index of Sojourner Social Support (ISSS)—a widely-used scale for measuring social support in cross-cultural (including cross-national and internal) migrations—in Chinese contexts among internal migrant university students and explore how such support can facilitate their psychological adjustment.MethodsOne thousand six hundred ninety-two university students who migrated from all around China to the city of Shanghai participated in this study. …”
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Correlation Between Prognostic Nutritional Index and Heart Failure in Adults with Diabetes in the United States: Study Results from NHANES (1999–2016) by Qiyuan Bai, Hao Chen, Zhen Gao, Xuhua Li, Jiapeng Li, Shidong Liu, Bing Song, Cuntao Yu

“…Methods: An analysis was performed on 1823 diabetic adults using data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 1999 and 2016. …”
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After visibility: Data as a factor of production in Douyin e-commerce by Shuaishuai Wang

“…Drawing from Douyin walkthroughs and the company's business development presentations, this article analyzes how audience attention and platform traffic are manufactured and integrated with retail in the context of China's recent national policy that positions data as a factor of production equal to labor, land, technology, and capital. …”
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Do School Exclusions and Attainment Outcomes Disproportionately Impact Minority Ethnic Pupils? Analysis of Pupil Characteristics, Segregation, and Outcomes in England by Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui, Beng Huat See, Yiyang Gao

“…In this paper, we present the findings on KS2 and KS4 attainment and exclusion outcomes for the cohorts in 2019, which are available from the National Pupil Database in England (with around 600,000 pupils per cohort). …”
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Cultivar Evaluation and Essential Test Locations Identification for Sugarcane Breeding in China by Jun Luo, Yong-Bao Pan, Liping Xu, Hua Zhang, Zhaonian Yuan, Zuhu Deng, Rukai Chen, Youxiong Que

“…Using a genotype main effect plus genotype-environment interaction (GGE) Biplot software, the yield performance data of seven sugarcane cultivars in the 8th Chinese National Sugarcane Regional Tests were analyzed to identify cultivars recommended for commercial release. …”
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Colonial Diplomatic Relations and the Development of Pearling Industry in the Netherlands Indies, 1894-1899 by Rangga Ardia Rasyid

“…Therefore, this research primarily utilizes the abundant colonial archives housed in the Indonesian National Archive (ANRI) in Jakarta, focusing on documents related to the drafting of pearling ordinances. …”
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Assessment of phenotypic diversity of Ñuña, a local common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from the northern Andes in Peru by Angel Esteban Santa Cruz Padilla, Jorge Luis Vásquez-Orrillo, Ricardo Manuel Bardales-Lozano, Hipolito Murga-Orrillo

“…This study determined the phenotypic variability of Ñuña conserved in the Germplasm Bank of the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation of Peru. …”
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Soft computing paradigm for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey: A systematic review by Muhammad Talha, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Kieron Moller

“…This systematic review examines the application of artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. These three nations—key Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) members and a nexus between Europe and South Asia—are experiencing diverse environmental challenges due to varying climatic conditions. …”
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Maternal Infections, Antibiotics, Steroid Use, and Diabetes Mellitus Increase Risk of Early-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Neonates: A Nationwide Population-Based Study by Hao-Yuan Lee, Yu-Lung Hsu, Wen-Yuan Lee, Kuang-Hua Huang, Ming-Luen Tsai, Chyi-Liang Chen, Yu-Chia Chang, Hung-Chih Lin

“…This nationwide case–control study in Taiwan analyzed data from the National Health Insurance Research Database, Birth Reporting Database, and Maternal and Child Health Database from 2010 to 2019. …”
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Exploring the synergy between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among university students in Ghana by Daniel Miezah, Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Christopher Fenu, Raphael Quainoo, Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah

“…Abstract Background The need for educational institutions to create a conducive learning environment for participation of all students in school activities is one of the pillars advocated under Goal 4 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. While there are structures institutionalized to promote students’ well-being, universities are faced with a myriad of challenges which can negatively impact mental health and disrupt the overall learning experiences of students. …”
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Methodological Tutorial Series for Epidemiological Studies: Confounder Selection and Sensitivity Analyses to Unmeasured Confounding From Epidemiological and Statistical Perspective... by Kosuke Inoue, Kentaro Sakamaki, Sho Komukai, Yuri Ito, Atsushi Goto, Tomohiro Shinozaki

“…Illustrated examples are provided using the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. …”
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Application of a targeted amplicon sequencing panel to screen for insecticide resistance mutations in Anopheles darlingi populations from Brazil by Holly Acford-Palmer, Alice O. Andrade, Jody E. Phelan, Rosa A. Santana, Stefanie C. P. Lopes, Jansen F. Medeiros, Taane G. Clark, Maisa S. Araujo, Susana Campino

“…Abstract Large-scale surveillance and informed vector control approaches are urgently needed to ensure that national malaria programs remain effective in reducing transmission and, ultimately, achieving malaria elimination targets. …”
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Health Experts’ Perspectives on Barriers, Facilitators, and Needs for Improvement of Hospital Care in the Dying Phase by Sukhvir Kaur, Kathleen Boström, Anneke Ullrich, Nikolas Oubaid, Karin Oechsle, Holger Schulz, Raymond Voltz, Kerstin Kremeike

“…In an online survey, N = 165 national health experts were invited to answer eight open questions on care aspects, facilitators, barriers, and needs for improvement as well as COVID-19 pandemic specifics regarding hospital care in the dying phase. …”
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Isolation, Identification, and Antimicrobial Study of Yersinia spp. Isolated from Traditional and Industrial Olivier Salad Specimens in Tehran by Farnaz Eskandarzadeh, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal

“…Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 150 specimens (traditional and industrial Olivier salad) were collected and tested for the presence of Yersinia spp. Using the Iranian National Standard No. 4556. Obtained data were analyzed statistically using descriptive statistics in IBM SPSS. …”
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